# iha
## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *iha < Pre-Finnic *iša, which is usually explained as a loanword from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišćáti (“to wish, desire, seek”) (whence Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti)). Of the same origin as the root iha-, found in Finnish ihana (“lovely”), ihailla (“to admire”), and ihastua (“to be delighted”).

### Noun

iha (genitive iha, partitive iha)
* desire, yen, hunger

#### Derived terms

* ihar

### References

* ↑ “Substrata Uralica. Studies on Finno-Ugrian Substrate in Northern Russian Dialects.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2015 April 4 (last accessed), archived from the original on 30 August 2017

### Anagrams

* ahi

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *iha, from older *iša, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišćáti (“to wish, desire, seek”) (whence Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti)). Cognate with Estonian iha.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈihɑ/, [ˈiɦɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ihɑ
* Hyphenation: iha

#### Adjective

iha (obsolete, dialectal)
* happy, joyful

##### Synonyms

* iloinen

##### Derived terms

* ihailla
* ihala (dialectal)
* Ihamäki
* ihana
* ihanne
* ihastua
* Ihonen

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈihɑ(ˣ)/, [ˈiɦɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ihɑ
* Hyphenation: iha

#### Adverb

iha (colloquial)
* Alternative form of ihan

### References

* ↑ “Substrata Uralica. Studies on Finno-Ugrian Substrate in Northern Russian Dialects.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2015 April 4 (last accessed), archived from the original on 30 August 2017

### Anagrams

* hai, hia

## Ilocano
### Alternative forms

* ihang

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hija (“daughter”), from Old Spanish fija, from Latin filia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔiha/ [ˈʔi.ha]
* Hyphenation: i‧ha

### Noun

iha (masculine iho, Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜑ)
* daughter
* term of endearment for a girl by an older person
    Synonyms: anak, nakong, basang

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hija (“daughter”), from Old Spanish fija, from Latin filia.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔiha/ [ˈʔiː.hɐ]
* Rhymes: -iha
* Syllabification: i‧ha

### Noun

iha (masculine iho, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜑ)
* daughter
* (endearing) term of endearment for a girl by an older person
    Synonym: anak

#### Related terms

* iha-adoptiba
* ihada
* ihado
* iho
* iho de puta
* iho-adoptibo
* unika iha
* uniko iho

### Further reading

* “iha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Ternate
### Etymology

Contains the same element as found in raha (“four”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.ha/

### Adverb

iha
* four days after today, three days after tomorrow
    iha manitaika ― the morning of the day four days after today

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tetum
### Verb

iha
* to be, to have

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hiha.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈihɑ/, [ˈihɑ]
* Rhymes: -ihɑ
* Hyphenation: i‧ha

### Noun

iha
* sleeve

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “iha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn